Essays Tagged: "stigma"
Thrown Into the Wilderness Identity, and Stigmas in Society Uses "Moses' Wilderness Tabernacle" by Miriam Peskowitz
To peer into the heart of identity is to look into the soul of the self. To deny any stigma, one would oblige to refute integrity. Ultimately, the catharsis of this must be the rational ... rson with an iota of propriety would be appalled at such a blatantly offensive attitude. To place a stigma on any person simultaneously places a stigma on the self.Coherent thought through the course ... ng is mildly ironic. Peering inward can lead to mild delirium. How could someone with a significant stigma (a cripple) possibly judge their actions based on the actions of someone that is ?normal.? If ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Race, Sexuality, and Discrimination: A look at prejudice through the book "Black Like Me," and the movie "Paris is Burning."
is is Burning was released. Both ?texts? investigate individuals that are passing as someone with a stigma.Written as a series of dated journal entries, Black Like Me provides handsome insight into th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
Divorce and its effect on family life.
act of sin among married couples. This situation has reversed in our contemporary world whereby the stigma once associated with divorce has eroded, while its massive effects on women and subsequently ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
The Essence of the Sport of Paintball.
he sport gained overwhelming popularity in the 90s as being touted as an extreme sport. However the stigma as being a sport of the backward conspiracy theorist hicks whose main intent is to train for ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Analysis of "I'm The One That I Want" by Margaret Cho.
ality is superior to homosexuality in a society where being gay is so taboo and unconventional. The stigma placed on homosexuality has created a community of people who struggle daily to overcome a hi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Anti-fat Attitudes.
(Crandall, 1994). More negative characteristics are associated with being fat than nearly any other stigma (Allon, 1982 as cited in Crandall & Biernat, 1990). An anti-fat attitude (or fatism) can ... 2003) contend that there is even what they call a proximity effect. Essentially, this refers to the stigma placed upon an average-weight person when they are seen in the presence of an obese person. I ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Paedophilia and sex crimes in conext of labelling theory and the interactionist approach
xample, homosexuals are seen as deviant but commit no crime). Secondly, deviance can be viewed as a stigma construct - more or less a label created by society (for instance, people wearing 'abnormal' ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Capitalism vs Socialism: History and Predictions.
In Western Democracies there has always been a stigma about Socialism. Far too often it is associated with Communism and the ideals behind it often ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Limited Resources for Prevention and Treatment of AIDS and HIV in Bay County Florida
vention and Treatmentof AIDS and HIV in Bay County FloridaIn big cities, AIDS no longer carries the stigma it did when the first cases where discovered 20 years ago. People talk of managing the diseas ... 30 days of identification for 80% of them. Another goal they have established is to decrease local stigmas against HIV/AIDS by providing classes and discussion forums in public arenas, such as school ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Perceptions of Aging
n our society, aging is portrayed in a negative way. Nobody wants to get older. There is a definite stigma associated getting older. Getting older is associated with death while being young is associa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
How effectively did the British Liberal Government (1906-1914) deal with the problem of poverty?
were forced to depend on philanthropy or bear the terrible conditions of the workhouse, despite the stigma attached to it. The Liberals, however, made an attempt to change this when they came to power ... did not involve any loss of rights and it was paid through the Post Office, therefore there was no stigma attached to the receipt of the old age pension. There are, on the other hand, arguments that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Suicide prevention program proposal
erable. Can you safely say that you will NEVER contemplate or attempt suicide? That question is the stigma that keeps suicide from being openly discussed. When I was in elementary school, we had somet ... t their will be sticker that reads "proud parent of a STAE student."There is a lot of ignorance and stigma surrounding the issue of suicide. Different myths like "most people commit suicide because th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide
A Doll's House Characters
h he did break the law, Krogstad's crime was relatively minor, but society has saddled him with the stigma of being a criminal and prohibited him from living down his past. Additionally, Krogstad's cl ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Stigma
a person belonging, which can build self-respect, confidence and a capacity to deal with the virus.'Stigma' means a sign of shame, disgrace or disapproval, or being shunned or rejected by others, stig ... the person suffering from HIV/AIDS knowing that other people shy away or glance away to avoid them. Stigma (Grossman, 1995) and discrimination are major obstacles for individuals who already feel oppr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
HIV/AIDS: Humanity Rears Its Ugly Head
AbstractThere is a worldwide stigma associated with the HIV/AIDS virus. It is discriminated against in all areas of life and soci ... ination, and describe the cause and effect of individual, family-level, community and institutional stigmas associated with this disease.HIV/AIDS: Humanity Rears Its Ugly HeadEffectsMost , if not at a ... ied in the context of HIV/AIDS. Lentine (2000) determines that the virus has become synonymous with stigma, ostracism, repression and discrimination, as individuals affected by HIV/AIDS have been reje ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Crime in America
Crime in AmericaThe article "A Stigma that Never Fades" is about the criminal justice system in America. It discusses life before a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
The effects of mainstream school education upon a student with a disability or a special school education strengths and weaknesses.
independent living skills rather than focussing on curriculum only.Disadvantage of special schools :Stigmatizing the child with a disability isolating them from being around normal developing peers un ... ier community.Advantages of full time inclusion into an inclusive schoolsetting :Less isolation and stigma for families and children with disabilities the child attends the same school as thie peers, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Toyota Lexus Case Study- In relation to Toyota Lexus and their rival car brands in the New Zealand's luxury auto market
easure problem recognition if you were a marketing manager?3. How is Toyota seeking to overcome the stigma of being a Japanese car?4. I.D the individual, social and lifestyle influences that are likel ... sociate themselves from the mass market low price appeal of the Toyota range. Lexus has noticed the stigma attached with Japanese model cars in the luxury market, and have developed a new model (GS300 ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Homelessness and The Dream Team
In Canada, homelessness is a rapidly growing social injustice. The stigma and degradation faced day after day by the homeless people of Toronto, is more than atrocious ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Stigma
Stigma and Everyday Resistance PracticesChildless Women in South India-This reading looks at married ... ey are childless.The author uses interviews and fieldwork to analyse married women's experiences of stigma when they are childless and their everyday resistance practices. Also the author looks at how ... are childless and their everyday resistance practices. Also the author looks at how they challenge stigma.The stigma theory predicts, childless women deviate from the "ordinary and natural" life cour ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays